Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts now support host resource groups without self-managed licenses

Amazon EC2 ยท 2026-07-24

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What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your EC2 Dedicated Hosts configurations to utilize Host Resource Groups without Self-Managed Licenses by unchecking the 'Restrict to AMIs associated with self-managed license' option in the EC2 Console or setting instance-launch-option to license-configuration-required via the AWS CLI, to simplify license management and enhance deployment flexibility.

For Platform Teams

Adopt the new capability of creating Host Resource Groups without Self-Managed Licenses to provide your teams with greater flexibility in managing EC2 Dedicated Hosts, reducing the complexity of license management and enabling more efficient use of hardware-level isolation.

For Executives

Evaluate the new capability of creating Host Resource Groups without Self-Managed Licenses to determine if it aligns with your organization's need for hardware-level isolation and simplifies license management, potentially reducing operational overhead and improving deployment flexibility.

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